Food currency - Shokka

Japanese: 食貨 - しょっか
Food currency - Shokka
〘Noun〙 (From "Book of Documents - Hong Fan" "Three, eight politics, one is food, two is money") Food, drink, and money. Food and wealth. By extension, it means the economy. ※Shundai Zatwa (1732) 2 "The wealthy merchant Da Jia was like a marquis and had arbitrary power over food and money (kuwa) " [Book of Han - Expositions]

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Japanese:
〘名〙 (「書経‐洪範」の「三、八政、一曰食、二曰貨」による) 飲食物と貨幣。食物と財貨。転じて、経済のこと。※駿台雑話(1732)二「富商大賈封侯にひとしく、食貨(クヮ)の権を恣にせしかば」 〔漢書‐叙伝〕

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